Thursday, March 26, 2009

Bunky Bobos and *Giveaway*

Bunky Bobos is a charter member of Phat Fiber- we saw her amazing yarn debut in January's box. March's box had some really deliciously dyed worsted weight yarn samples as well as her famously wonderful lip balm! Did you know Sandy includes a lip balm with every yarn order? How much more an you sweeten the deal?

Sandy has been a busy busy bee- I just popped in to her shop and it is chock full of yarn- each one I would be beyond thrilled to own. The woman has mad dyeing skills- which is why I commissioned her to create a colorway for the phat shop called "Miranda". She used a special heathered base yarn and it came out stunning!

Sandy sent me an amazing package to give away to you, a lucky commenter here. 2 full skeins of her "Phat" colorway (squee!) in worsted weight, a famous bunky girl lip balm, and a hand crafted soap from the blue ridge mountains in bergamot mint (yummy!). All you have to do, is visit Bunky Bobos and find something you like, write about it here below and that counts as your entry- post again if you tweeted or blogged about this contest so I'll count you twice. Remember, I"ll need to find you somehow in case you win so make it easy on me and leave your Rav or twitter id along with your post. Drawing will be held on Tuesday!

Thank you so much Sandy, for creating these gorgeous yarns for us to covet!

Heck, I love everything! I love how there are yarns at both ends of the spectrum. There are yarns which are beautiful, subtle colors like Miami Vice or Nyx. And then there are yarns which are practically neon (not for a knitting wallflower), like Lemon/Lime Snowcone and Summer Lovin'. And I love them all!

Oh man I love the Henry V colourway. Its so gorgeous!I got some lip balm in my box. It was blueberry scented which I unfortunately don't like (blueberries) but the texture of the lip balm was AWESOME. I gave it to my fiance who loves it. The ingredients in her lip balm are a GREAT blend

The Elderberry colour is fab. I mainly have greens and blues in my stash and now I realise what I'm missing out on. Think the 3ply would make a great Clap (shame I have too many project on the go at the moment)

I have a sneaking suspicion that people are buying some of the colourways listed above but I think that is the point of this and AWESOME (even if it means I sadly cannot see elderberry which I am certain I would have loved). That being said, I am drawn to the long neck yarn ( http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22452606 )Maybe it's because it's named after my favourite dinosaur.. maybe it's because I've recently become obsessed with yellow. WHO knows. But it looks awesome. Anyways, that's all I got. thanks for the contest!

I loved the range of yarn available from subtle yarns to in your face yarns. It seems like there is something there for every mood and every inspiration. At the moment The Elderberry Wine sock yarn is just calling my name

Oh, I'm sure yu know which colors I'm going to choose. Bad Pantsuit is delicious... Summer Lovin' is very glam... and It's not easy being green would look great in my sis's nursery. But, punk rock looks just that, and I don't know if I have the guts to use St. Crispin's Day.Ther are all wonderfull!(Miranda is very nice as well!)

I lover her sock yarn, especially http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19823727, but then again, I am always a sucker for hand-dyed sock yarn. This just looks so wonderful. It's begging to be knit into socks with a lace motif to remind you in the dead of winter that spring always manages to come around.

OMG! I've been entering these contests for ages and never won one... I hope this is my lucky day! I'm crazy for the Dionysus and Elderberry Wine colors. And Nyx. Wow. Plus I am allergic to commercial lip stuff and most soaps (actually it's the petroleum products and the chemical fragrances in them) so I'd love to try yours!

The "Long Neck" sock yarn is too cute! It totally looks like a giraffe!!

I love the Punk Rock sock yarn so much that I seriously got up and ran to see if I could make a pair of socks I've been wanting to make with one skein...Alas, they're knee-highs, so I'd need 2...I know that I could get 2, but I'm pretty sure my hubby would kill me if I spent that much on a pair of socks...lol! Now, I'm off to find a pattern that I CAN use only one skein...

I'm a May maven so I love anything green! The Lemon Lime snowcone and the It's not Easy Being Green are way cool. But I keep coming back to Phat to check out your custom dyed yarn. Now those colors speak to me!

Bad Pantsuit colorway made me laugh. The name brings up memories of exactly those colors on a pant suit. Yes this dates me, but who cares!I love the color and it would be perfect for a little girl's dress, skirt, pant suit! :P

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